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Also known as Tierra de los Molinos, la Música y la Amistad

Punitaqui is a town and commune of Chile in the Limarí Province. Punitaqui hosts an eponymous mining district which includes the gold mine of Tambo de Oro. There are ores of copper, gold and mercury around Punitaqui.

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Punitaqui
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Town and Commune
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Flag
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Chile
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city
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Limarí
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Founded

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Official name
Punitaqui
Country
Chile
Official language
Spanish
Population
10956
Area
1339.3
Elevation
450
Official website
www.munipunitaqui.cl
Image
Municipalidad de Punitaqui.jpg
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postal code
04304
native label
Punitaqui
Commons category
Punitaqui
inception
1785-00-00
Sources (4)

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • 1997 earthquake
  • Demographics
  • Administration
  • References
  • External links

Punitaqui is a town and commune of Chile in the Limarí Province. Punitaqui hosts an eponymous mining district which includes the gold mine of Tambo de Oro. There are ores of copper, gold and mercury around Punitaqui.

==History== Punitaqui was once part of the Ovalle Department before the administrative restructuring of 1976.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Punitaqui” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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